Located in Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is a private institution with more than 4,600 undergraduate students. The school offers a bachelor of science degree in meteorology, which allows students to specialize in one of four areas: flight weather, commercial weather, media weather and research. The university offers a state-of-the-art facility that allows students to simulate weather phenomena such as hurricanes and tornadoes. The school also offers paid cooperative positions and unpaid internships to students in meteorology, as well as study-abroad programs in more than 20 countries.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
600 South Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(800) 862-2416
erau.edu
A private institution, the Florida Institute of Technology is approximately 70 miles east of Orlando in Melbourne. Among the degree programs available to the school's more than 3,600 undergraduate students is the bachelor of science in aviation meteorology. Students in the program complete internships with major airlines and participate in field practice and seminars held at a number of companies and institutions such as the Kennedy Space Center and Lockheed Martin. The school also offers a joint degree in meteorology and flight science for prospective pilots. Students in both programs can participate in departmental student organizations like the Collegiate Aviation Business Executives and Women in Aviation, International.
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
(800) 888-4348
fit.edu
Founded in 1851 in the state capital of Tallahassee, Florida State University is a public institution with more than 38,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university offers a bachelor's and master's degree program in meteorology. Graduate-level students focus their studies on physical, dynamic, synoptic or applied meteorology, while undergraduate students take classes in all four areas. Before enrolling in any of the department's classes, undergraduates must complete coursework in calculus, chemistry and physics. The university operates small campuses in Florence and London, allowing students to spend a semester overseas.
Florida State University
Love Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306
(850) 644-6200
fsu.edu
In 2010, "U.S. News and World Report" ranked the University of Miami 50th of all universities in the U.S. With more than 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the private school is situated in Coral Gables, about six miles south of Miami. Admission to the university is selective; less than 40 percent of those who apply receive an invitation to attend the school, reports the 2009 Barron's "Profiles of American Colleges." The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences grants both bachelor's and master's degrees in meteorology. Internships are available for undergraduates, and summer research fellowships are awarded to graduate students each year.
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248025
Coral Gables, FL 33124
(305) 284-2211
miami.edu